Sure enough, when Yellen heard this, he immediately turned around and saw Eomer carrying a crossbow and a few peasant soldiers carrying a wild boar. His expression immediately changed, and he angrily shouted: "Belion, you
You are too bold to poach in my territory!"
When Balian heard this, he knew that he was in the wrong, and he quickly thought of a way to solve it with money. Others would probably do the same, "Sir Yellen, my soldiers don't know the rules. Let's do this. I'll pay fifty dinars."
, how about buying this wild boar?”
Yellen glared at Balian and snorted, "Fifty dinars, are you sending a beggar away? At least a thousand dinars!"
Balian and Éomerden immediately changed their expressions when they heard him speak loudly. A wild boar weighing less than two hundred pounds can usually be sold for up to fifty dinars in the market. After all, wild boar is not the same as castrated wild boar.
Compared with pork, it has a strong fishy smell. In the era of lack of spices, only the middle and lower class people were willing to eat wild boar meat. This guy asked for a thousand dinars, which was clearly a blackmail.
Balian looked at him coldly and did not speak. He saw Yellen put on an arrogant look again and said: "One thousand dinars should be too much for the Forest Knights, so what should I do?
What should I do? How about keeping your armor and sword?"
In this era, armor and sword symbolize a knight's honor. Only a coward would sacrifice his sword and armor without fighting.
When Eomer heard this, his lungs were about to burst with anger. He pulled out his sword, pointed it at Yellen and said: "You bastard bitch, if you dare to talk nonsense here again, I will let you die."
here!"
Hearing Eomer's insults, the angry Yellen also drew his sword, but instead of finding fault with Eomer, he pointed the sword at Balian, "Your men are too rude, I demand a duel! But he
He is just a lowly guard and is not worthy of a duel with me. I want you, Balion Tucker, to duel with me."
The development of things is like this, and it often does not depend on the will of the person. Balian originally wanted to settle it with money, but he did not expect that it would develop into a duel, but now that it has reached this point, he cannot avoid it.
, Balian is still confident in his martial arts. After all, the combat experience of two lives is combined, and this eighteen-year-old body is quite powerful.
Seeing the duel between two knights, everyone gathered around. After all, in the Middle Ages, when there was a lack of entertainment, seeing two knights duel with their own eyes was enough for these ordinary people to brag for several years. This duel also attracted the attention of two passing knights.
The caravan and a knight and several of his attendants stopped to watch.
Balian and Yellen were neither riding horses now, so they gave up their heavy helmets and shields. After saluting each other, they prepared for a formal duel. Yellen held the sword in both hands. He put the sword on top of his head and raised it outwards.
The point is pointed at Balian's face and throat. This is a standard cow gesture. Although it is not as secure as other defensive moves, it can be transformed into a thrust, or into an upward, downward, or backward slash.
Directly threatening the opponent. It seems that he does not take Balian seriously at all. He is confident that his martial arts is definitely better than Balian, so he plans to focus on offense. After all, a low-level noble like Balian has no chance to get it.
Not to mention good training, Balian is still very young, just an eighteen-year-old boy. It is normal for others to despise him.
But he didn’t know that Balian’s teacher, Logan Knight, was the number one swordsman in the Principality of Brick, and was known as the “Sword of Dawn.” If it hadn’t been for the bandits’ cold arrows, it would have been impossible for Logan Knight to die at the hands of a group of bandits.
Ri. Balian has been learning swordsmanship from Knight Logan since he was nine years old. During these nine years, he has already practiced his swordsmanship quite well. Although he is not as good as Eomer, he can deal with ordinary opponents easily.
After seeing Yellen use the cow pose, Balian crossed his legs. He held the sword with both hands, lowered the sword, and pointed it diagonally at the ground. Yellen and his attendants on the opposite side showed sarcastic expressions when they saw this.
Look, if you open your middle door wide with such a gesture, doesn't it create an opportunity for the enemy to kill you?
But they don't know that this is the Fool's Style created by Logan Knight. It looks like the middle door is wide open, but it is actually conducive to quick counterattack. After years of practice, it can even defeat the opponent in a single blow.
Yellen maintained the bull stance and charged towards Balian. After getting close, he turned his sword and slashed at Balian with a fierce stance. Balian was not in a hurry, he rushed forward fiercely and knocked himself
He raised his sword upwards, forcing Yellen to change his moves to block, but it was too late for Sir Yellen to block because Balian was very fast and slashed Yellen's right elbow. Fortunately
It has chain armor elbow pads
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Block it, otherwise his right elbow would be chopped off by Balian. However, this powerful blow almost broke his bones. His right hand was in pain, and he could not hold the sword with both hands immediately. Balian took the opportunity to use
The blade of the sword hit his left hand, knocking the sword out of his hand, and Balian put his sword on his neck.
Due to his high speed, almost in a few breaths, Balian shot down Yellen's knight sword and subdued him. The speed was so fast that everyone couldn't believe it. Balian's peasant soldiers looked at Balian's
His eyes changed from a mixture of fear and respect before to one full of admiration now.
Eomer clapped his hands excitedly after seeing Balion easily defeating his opponent using Knight Logan's unique skills, "What a beautiful fight, you are worthy of being a disciple of Sir Logan."
After hearing the name of Knight Logan, Yellen and his four knight attendants immediately showed regret on their faces. How could they be so ignorant to provoke the disciples of "Dawn Sword".
According to the rules of the world, the party who loses in the duel must not only hand over his horses, armor and weapons to the other party, but also ask the family to pay a ransom in exchange for him. Balian does not want to offend people too much. After all, they are all nobles of the principality.
Dabao is not far from his father's fiefdom, so there is no need to offend anyone to death.
Balian only left his full-body chainmail, barrel helmet, and his horse, but did not ask for his knight's sword or ransom, which was a great honor for him. Yellen said nothing in pain.
After handing over these things, he was taken away by his attendants.
Balian's superb martial arts and generosity won the admiration of the spectators, who applauded him. At this time, Balian wanted to find the onlookers knight to prove himself in a duel, but the knight had already
Gone.
Balian handed Yelen's full-body chain mail and barrel helmet to Eomer. He knew that Eomer was very eager to have a set of sophisticated armor, but due to his limited financial resources, it had always been just an idea. Today, there was no reason.
After getting a set, Balian decisively gave it to him.
After Eomer happily changed into it, he was no different from a knight except for the coat of arms, which also made the team look a little more powerful. Due to the bad relationship with the master in Lyda Castle, Balian did not give in.
Everyone continued to rest, but quickly hit the road and rushed to Frondo to avoid other accidents. As for the wild boar, just take it away and keep it for roasting in the evening.
In the evening of that day, the group finally arrived at Frondo, Balian's hometown. Frondo consists of a brick and wooden castle, a market, and three villages. There are about 1,200 people in the territory. Although
It's not considered rich, but it can be considered a stable life, and it looks like an idyllic scene.
Since Balian left home at the age of nine, he could only come back during the ten days of rest in the first few years. In the past three or four years, Balian has been busy and has never been back. It would be a lie to say that he misses home, although his father is very fond of him.
He didn't take it very seriously. His brother always bullied him when he was a child, but Balian still spent a happy childhood here and gained a group of childhood playmates. The purpose of Balian's return this time was not only to recruit people, but also to recruit people.
Several childhood friends came to help me. However, leaving home and going to a place where everything needs to be started from scratch, I don't know if others are willing. And since I became a lord, there will be no rest period in the future. I want to live at home again.
Ten days and a half month is almost impossible.
Balian was sighing with emotion when two light cavalrymen came out from the town of Fronto and came to inquire. It turned out that Balian and his party were quite large, and they were carrying the banner of the nobles. Not long after entering the area of Fort Fronto, there were
After the farmer entered the castle to report, Balian's father sent two light cavalry over to see whose team it was.
After not being at home for a long time, the soldiers of the family no longer recognized him. Balian took out the knighthood letter and pedigree certificate issued by the Duke's court. The two soldiers quickly dismounted and saluted. The older one said: "Master Balian, welcome.
You go home, I will report to the master and madam first." Then he mounted his horse and left, and another young light cavalry accompanied Balian and the others into Frondo Castle.
After entering the market, you can clearly see Frondo Castle, which is a brick and stone castle built on a hill. It took the Balian family four generations to build it. The first was Balian's great-grandfather's father, who was granted the title of
At this time, there was only one village and a wooden castle; when Balian's great-grandfather took over the castle, the wooden castle was built into a mixed structure of stone and wood, and an additional village was added; when Balian's grandfather took over the castle, the wooden castle was
The current masonry exterior walls and towers were already there, and the market was initially formed; by the time Balian's father took over the castle, Frondo Castle had already been built, the market had taken shape, and the Duke had
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A nearby village was awarded to the Tucker family. It took four generations, almost a hundred years, to achieve this situation. Now I have to experience the hardships of starting a business for my ancestors all over again.
When Balian arrived at the gate of the castle, his father and mother were already waiting at the gate of the castle. They hadn't seen each other for several years. Although his young and strong father was still strong, he already had gray hair on his temples, and his mother also had a lot of hair on her face.
Wrinkles. After seeing his parents, Balian quickly dismounted and then stepped forward to salute. His father, Sir Orry, looked pleased and gave him a simple hug, while his mother, Lady Kellan, couldn't help hugging her little son.
, crying and saying: "You haven't even returned home these past few years. Don't you miss your mother at all?"
Sir Orui patted Lady Kellan on the shoulder and said: "Now that my little Balion is a lord, it is a bit outrageous for you to cry like this in front of his subjects."
Hearing what her husband said, Mrs. Kellan returned to her husband and wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, returning to the graceful and calm state of a lord's wife. Sir Orry asked his butler to arrange accommodation and provide food and accommodation for Balian's men.
And let Balion and Eomer enter the castle to attend the banquet.
After arriving at the castle hall and sitting down, Balian looked around and asked curiously: "Father, mother, where is my brother?"
Sir Ori replied: "Baron Raul of Lidaburg has his birthday today. Your brother Theran went to his birthday party instead of me. He should be back early tomorrow morning."
Upon hearing the news about Lydaburg, Balian and Eomer looked at each other, with wry smiles on their faces. Sir Orui looked at it and quickly asked: "What's the matter? You have a conflict with Baron Raul."
?”
Balian nodded and told his parents in detail what happened at noon today. After hearing this, Sir Orui burst into laughter, "Okay, as expected of my kind. The Raul family are usually very proud."
He was so arrogant. If it weren’t for the fact that our territory was so close, I wouldn’t want to interact with him. Even if it wasn’t his birthday party, I would ask your brother to attend it for me. Hahaha! Our Tucker family gave him two gifts in one day today.
A birthday gift."
Unlike his father who was happy, his mother, Mrs. Kailan, asked anxiously: "Were you injured today? I heard that you were captured by bandits. Did they hurt you?"
Balian smiled and said to his mother: "Mom, don't worry, your son, my martial arts skills are so high, few people can hurt me, so don't worry about me."
"That's not okay. Don't just duel with others in the future. There are always people better than you. The most important thing is to live well." Mrs. Kailan, like all mothers who love their children in the world, almost always opposes her son doing risky things.
.
"Don't worry, my mother, I won't be idle and dueling with others. Besides, I have Eomer to protect me. He is now my squire. With a master like him here, you have
What are you worried about?" Balian comforted his mother.
The family talked for a while, and the servants brought the food to the table. The dinner was sumptuous. One was to celebrate the return of the youngest son, and the other was to celebrate the honor he had won for the family, whether it was becoming a real lord or defeating Baron Raul.
the son of.
After eating for a while, Balian told his father an important purpose of his return, "Father, I want to recruit some people in your territory. I just told you and my mother that Fort Noland now has only one outpost.
, all of them are forest land. I not only have to open up wasteland to support myself, but also complete the task of suppressing bandits assigned by the palace. The most lacking thing now is reliable manpower. The ones you see today are all serfs, although I restored their freedom by promising
I came in exchange for their support, but after all, I don’t have anyone to worry about. I hope to get your help.”
Without thinking, Sir Orui nodded and agreed, "No problem, you are the second knight of the Tucker family and the first knight of our family to be entrusted. It is what I should do to support you to establish a firm foothold.
.I will call the village chiefs of the three villages over tomorrow and ask them to help you recruit people."
Balian was very happy when he heard that his father supported him so much. He quickly asked Eomer to bring in all the gifts he bought for his parents in Wallombre City. When leaving, Balian went to the city to give gifts to his father, mother and brother.
One person bought a fur cloak, a bottle of fine Sarion wine for his father, and a pair of gold earrings for his mother. The parents who received the gifts must be very happy, but they also feel the same as the parents in the previous life.
He was happy, but he criticized him and said: "Why are you spending this money? Now is the time for you to use money. Why are you spending so much money on us? We are not short of food and clothing."